A year after: A nation altered by the viral second wave
India has the highest seven-day Covid-19 case trajectory seen in any country and the grim distinction of most single-day infections in any country ever since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. With a dearth of key drugs, beds and the return of restrictions across major cities, the nation is coping with its own contradictions.
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
As the head of digital marketing at a reputed FMCG in Bengaluru, Dipti Sudhir deals with many video call meetings in a day, a norm for many in the work-from-home scenario that the pandemic ushered in last year. Dipti misses the energy of face-to-face meetings in the office environment, a sense of dynamism that rose from having a large team in a room, feeding on cues, setting off a chain-reaction of ideas. "The fear of closed environment will remain for some time and we really would have to think about how we’ll return collectively to an office as we knew it," says Dipti
